‘The Bachelorette’ Tayshia Adams on ‘the Opportunity to Be a Voice for Girls That Look Like Me’
variety.comElizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentThis week’s episode of “The Bachelorette” saw many firsts.Tayshia Adams replaced Clare Crawley as the season’s leading lady, after Crawley made an unprecedented exit early on the season — and Adams became the second woman of color to step into the role of “The Bachelorette.”“I just love that I have the opportunity to be a voice for girls that look like me [and] identify with me that I didn’t have growing up,” Adams tells Variety. “Everyone deserves love, no matter who you are, and I’m so happy that I have the journey as ‘The Bachelorette’ to be a representative of that.”Adams — who is Black and Mexican, and identifies as biracial — became the second “Bachelorette” of color, following Rachel Lindsay,.
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